Some of the young photographers today enter photography where I leave off. My "grandchildren" astound me. What I worked for they seem to be born with. So I wonder where Their affirmations of Spirit will lead. My wish for them is that their unfolding proceeds to fullness of Spirit, however astonishing or anguished their lives.

One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is.

Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or no technical knowledge of photography. A zone system photographer takes more responsibility. He visualizes before he presses the button, and afterwards calibrates for predictable print values.

Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'.

The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one's own pictures is an overall goal.

At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.

To engage a sequence, we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye.